The Yearling | The Yearling

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Author: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
First Published: 1938
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Regional
Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism, Regional fiction
Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, Gender roles, Nature, Nineteenth century, Friendship, Poverty or poor people, Farms, farmers, or farming, Death or dying, Revenge, Loyalty, Florida, Hunting or hunters, Bears, Deer, Arson
Locales: Florida

Places Discussed

Baxter’s Island. Farm of the Baxter family covering one hundred acres of Florida scrubland in the middle of a dry forest. Penny Baxter bought the land from the Forrester family, whose neighboring farm is called Forrester’s Island. The Baxter farm is covered with hardwood trees and rich foliage, representing a place of refuge, an oasis in a harsh natural environment.

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, who lived in Cross Creek between the towns of Gainesville and Ocala, not far from the places her novel describes, admired the independence of the people who...

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